> What we build/test against currently: > > 1. APM mustang board, which you've already listed above. > 2. AMD Seattle board, which you've also listed above. > 3. Cavium ThunderX. Man, that Cavium looks nice.... I bet you are the envy of everyone in your neighborhood :) > What I'd recommend: > > Keep an eye on 96boards.com. They have a Hikey, and will soon have a > Huskey board which should work ootb. These are both far less expensive. > > Lenovator offers a Hikey with more ram and a larger emmc. It's roughly > $100 (US). Oh, thanks for that. That may be the toehold I need. I recall visiting LeMaker in the past when following Banana Pi leads, but I don't recall seeing a 64-bit offering. > Gigabyte's MP30-AR0 board (based on APM's mustang) should work with > CentOS OOTB as well, and will hopefully be reasonably priced. This looks like its only available in Business-to-Business channels, but I started reaching out to distributors. If I can acquire one, I'll provide SSH access to it for testing. Jeff